Jul Maroh

Jul Maroh (formerly Julie Maroh; French: [maʁo]; born 1985) is a French writer and illustrator of graphic novels. They wrote Blue Is the Warmest Color (Le bleu est une couleur chaude), a story about the life and love of two young lesbians that was adapted by Abdelatif Kechiche into the film Blue Is the Warmest Colour.[1][2]

Jul Maroh
Born1985 (age 35–36)
Lens, France
NationalityFrench
Area(s)Writer, Artist
Notable works
Le Bleu est une couleur chaude (Blue Angel)
Official website

Biography

Maroh originates from Northern France. After obtaining an applied arts baccalauréat at E.S.A.A.T in Roubaix, they continued their studies in Brussels, where they lived for eight years. They got two diplomas there, in Visual Arts (comics option) in the École supérieure des arts Saint-Luc and in Lithography/Engraving at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels.[3]

Maroh is openly lesbian and nonbinary.[4] They started writing Blue is the Warmest Color when they were 19 and it took them five years to complete it.

Works
  • Blue Is the Warmest Color[5] (Le bleu est une couleur chaude), Arsenal Pulp Press, 2013 - ISBN 978-1551525143. The title was originally published by Glénat in 2010 and received a prize at 2011 Angoulême International Comics Festival.[6] It has been adapted in film by Abdelatif Kechiche with the title Blue Is the Warmest Colour (Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
  • Skandalon (2013)
  • Brahms (2015)
  • Body Music (2017) "bittersweet graphic novel on the complexities of love"[7]
  • You Brought Me The Ocean (2020) [8]

References
  1. Scott, A.O. (October 24, 2013). "For a While, Her Life Is Yours". The New York Times.
  2. Sciolino, Elaine (June 5, 2013). "Darling of Cannes Now at Center of Storm". The New York Times.
  3. Page consacrée à Julie Maroh sur le site de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
  4. M, Julie. "Journée internationale de la visibilité trans | Cœurs-forêts" (in French). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  5. "Arsenal Pulp Press". Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
  6. Bdangoulme.com Archived 2012-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "'Corps sonores': le nouvel hymne à l'amour de Julie Maroh". France Télévisions. 14 February 2017.
  8. Polo, Susana (May 8, 2020). "Aquaman's sidekick gets a coming-out story from the creator of Blue Is the Warmest Color". Polygon.
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